2024 Swinney 'Farvie' Mourvedre
The 2024 Farvie wines will be released on 9th February are available on allocation.
NOT YET REVIEWED
Wine Specs
Vintage
2024
Varietal
Mourvedre
Appellation
Frankland River
Harvest Date
11th March
Acid
5.28
pH
3.64
Aging
10+ years
Bottling Date
25th February 2025
Residual Sugar
0.0 g/l
Alcohol %
13.0
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
On the nose - Focused fresh and complex with satsuma plums and wild raspberries combined with Chinese five-spice, and nori.
On the palate- Medium bodied with plenty of salted licorice, pomegranate molasses, white pepper and ferrous, rusty elements. The wine is taught and fleshy with an assertive, gravelly structure and plucky acidity providing freshness and incredible length.
Vineyard Notes
This fruit was from dry-grown bush vine Mourvèdre from a small selection, based on soil type, of our Swinney Wilson’s Pool vineyard. This section of the vineyard has leaner top soils with a higher percentage of lateritic gravel. Fruit thinning and selective hand harvesting over multiple passes ensured we achieved as close to perfect fruit as possible.
Production Notes
The fruit was hand picked, berry sorted and gravity fed to a French oak vat.
We incorporated 100% whole bunches followed by wild fermentation to build structure and texture while promoting the bright and spicy aromatics.
The wine spent 14 days on skins and was then pressed directly to fine-grained, large-format, seasoned French oak, and aged for 11 months prior to bottling.
The wine was made with minimum effective Sulphites, is unfined and minimally filtered.
Other Notes
100% Mourvèdre